Gabriel and Elias are brothers, but very different from one another. Gabriel is a worn down university professor and Elias is masturbating fulltime, he is a man, whose only concern is women and trivial knowledge. During a lecture Gabriel receives a phone call telling him that their father has died. Things take a turn for the worse, when the brothers receive a videotape recorded by their now late father, telling them that he was not their biological father after all. Gabriel and Elias discover that their biological father lives on the island Ork. They set out to the island and here they meet their three half brothers, Franz, Josef and Gregor. Three brothers, who are hiding from the authorities and are not afraid to use physical violence with no regard for who they beat up. The brothers' first meeting doesn't go as expected.
| Original title | Mænd og høns |
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| Danish title | Mænd og høns |
| Director | Anders Thomas Jensen |
| Screenplay | Anders Thomas Jensen |
| Producer | Kim Magnusson, Tivi Magnusson |
| Director of Photography | Sebastian Blenkov |
| Editor | Anders Villadsen |
| Sound | Nino Jacobsen |
| Composer | Frans Bak, Jeppe Kaas |
| Production designer | Mia Stensgaard |
| Casting | Rie Hedegaard |
| Appearance | Mads Mikkelsen, David Dencik, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Søren Malling |
| Production country | Denmark |
| Dialogue language | Danish |
| Domestic distribution | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Denmark |
| International sales | LevelK |
| Danish theatrical release | 05.02.2015 |
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| DFI subsidy | Konsulentstøtte |
| Danish rating | Allowed for children over the age of 15 |
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| Production company | M&M Productions |
| Co-production | Studio Babelsberg, DCM Productions, Film i Väst |
| With support from | Det Danske Filminstitut, Danmarks Radio, German Federal Film Fund, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, German Federal Film Board, Eurimages, FilmFyn |
| In collaboration with | ZDF/ARTE, Nadcon Film |
| Domestic distribution | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Denmark |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Anders Thomas Jensen |
| 1st assistant director | Peter Bækkel |
| 2nd assistant director | Arn Lou |
| Director: 2. unit | Peter Hjorth |
| Continuity | Falke Schwalbe |
| Casting | Rie Hedegaard |
| Casting: extras | Karin Jagd |
| Casting: extras | Anders Nygaard |
| Extras coordinator | Anita Juel Lystbæk |
| 2nd assistant director | Rickie Lee Roberts |
| 3rd assistant director | Frederike Karsch |
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Script |
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| Story | Anders Thomas Jensen |
| Screenplay | Anders Thomas Jensen |
| Storyboard | Simon Bang |
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Production |
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| Producer | Kim Magnusson |
| Producer | Tivi Magnusson |
| Executive producer | Christoph Fisser |
| Executive producer | Carl L. Woebcken |
| Executive producer | Henning Molfenter |
| Executive producer | Dario Suter |
| Executive producer | Christoph Daniel |
| Executive producer | Marc Schmidheiny |
| Executive producer | Joel Brandeis |
| Executive producer | Charlie Woebcken |
| Associate producer | Peter Bækkel |
| Associate producer | Jessica Ask |
| Associate producer | Peter Nadermann |
| Associate producer | Meinolf Zurhorst |
| Line producer | Kristina Kornum |
| Line producer | Philipp Klausing |
| Post Producer | Nanna van Elk |
| Production coordinator | Søren Frimodt-Møller |
| Production coordinator | Christina Pind Rasmussen |
| Production assistant | Amanda Marie Magnusson |
| Production assistant | Anna Viktoria Irgens Bækkel |
| Location manager | Rasmus Rise |
| Location assistant | Gustav Meiling |
| Production assistant | Jamie Ryan |
| Production assistant | Torben Vestergaard |
| Production assistant | Jeppe Marstrand |
| Production assistant | Marc Ziebe |
| Production assistant | Anton Falck Gangsted |
| Production assistant | Nanna Rishave |
| Producer's assistant | Julie Konradsen |
| Producer's assistant | Mie Frandsen |
| Producer's assistant | Lasse Volfing Jacobsen |
| Producer's assistant | Camilla Gaarder |
| Production coordinator | Paul Melzow |
| Production assistant | Teresa Hetzel |
| Location manager | Michael Herbell |
| Post-production supervisor | Nanna van Elk |
| Production assistant | Tom Bother |
| Production assistant | Malanie Lage |
| Production assistant | Johan Siebold |
| Production manager | Sonja B. Zimmer |
| Production manager | Markus Bensch |
| Producer's assistant | Jenifère Nieschmidt |
| Producer's assistant | Maria Wildenhain |
| Post-producton coordinator | Julie Konradsen |
| Technical supervisor | Andreas Rostock |
| Post-producton coordinator | Emma Engberg |
| Post-producton coordinator | Emilie Johansen |
| Post Producer | Fredrik Zander |
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Cinematography |
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| Director of Photography | Sebastian Blenkov |
| First assistant camera | Søren Berthelin |
| Camera assistant | Kasper Loft Bylov |
| DIT | Andreas Wejs Hansen |
| Data wrangler | Andreas Wejs Hansen |
| Clapper/loader | Rasmus Søndergaard Rygaard |
| Video operator | Kasper Bundvad |
| Steadicam operator | Florian Emmerich |
| Key grip | Magnus Ohmsen |
| Key grip | Christian Brøndum |
| Low loader | Philip Cooke |
| 2nd assistant camera | Julian Hitomi |
| Video assistant | Thomas Kelling |
| Rigger | Isfried Würzberger |
| Rigger | Andreas Schweigel |
| Rigger | Sascha Wolfram |
| Key grip | Matthias Gelhausen |
| Key grip | Laurenzius |
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Stills |
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| Stills | Rolf Konow |
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Electrical dept. |
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| Gaffer | Michael Sørensen |
| Best boy | Mathias Asger Rasmussen |
| Assistant lighting technician | Peter Junker Sørensen |
| Assistant lighting technician | Jonathan Go-Matsushima |
| Best boy | Björn Körner |
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Editing |
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| Editor | Anders Villadsen |
| Trailer editor | Lars Wissing |
| Assistant editor | Louis Bertelsen |
| Teaser editor | Jesper Sichlau |
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Music |
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| Composer | Frans Bak |
| Composer | Jeppe Kaas |
| Conductor | Adam Klemens |
| Recording tecnician | Jan Holzner |
| Orchestration | Thomas Bryla |
| Musical arrangement | Rasmus Christensen |
| Music mixer | Jan Rørdam |
| Music mixer | Jørgen Knub |
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Production design |
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| Production designer | Mia Stensgaard |
| Art director | Jesper Clausen |
| Art director | Cornelia Ott |
| Supervising art director | Anders Engelbrecht |
| Production design coordinator | Thomas Karlsen |
| Property master | Trine Gram |
| Property master | Rasmus Koch |
| Property master: pre-production | Jacob Wirth Carlsen |
| Set decorator | Casper Nilsson |
| Set decorator | Christina Kallan |
| Set decorator | Jesper Hyllested |
| Set decorator | Luis Bramsen |
| Set decorator | Thomas Willemoes |
| Assistant set dresser | Simon Kofoed |
| Assistant set dresser | Axel Wirth Carlsen |
| Construction manager | Thomas Frisch |
| Drawings | Adina Glöckner |
| Set dresser | Ludolf Böhm |
| Set dresser | Wolfgang Hein |
| Set dresser | Petra Pieper |
| Set dresser | Jan Dunkel |
| Standby props | Beate Kosubek |
| Set manager | Roy Luchterhand |
| Assistant set manager | Sebastian Luck |
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Wardrobe |
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| Costume on set | Manon Rasmussen |
| Costume designer | Manon Rasmussen |
| Costume on set | Rebekka C. Leve |
| Costume assistant | Lucie-Marie Layers |
| Seamstress | Christine Böhler |
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Makeup |
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| SFX makeup | Morten Jacobsen |
| SFX makeup | Thomas Foldberg |
| Makeup artist | Anne Cathrine Sauerberg |
| Makeup artist assistant | Birgitte Samson |
| Makeup artist assistant | Trine Cordes Berg |
| Makeup artist | Katja Melches |
| Makeup artist | Fay Hatzius |
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Sound |
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| Sound designer | Nino Jacobsen |
| Recording engineer | Jonas Langkilde |
| Boom operator | Peter Kofoed |
| Boom operator | Benjamin Dunker |
| Sound editor | Jakob Garfield |
| Foley artist | Julien Naudin |
| Foley recordist | Julien Martin |
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Special effects |
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| SFX supervisor | Peter Hjorth |
| SFX | Christian Kitter |
| SFX | Søren Skov Haraldsted |
| SFX | Kristoffer Bentzon |
| SFX | Mads Broe |
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Voice |
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| Voice | Karen Marie Jensen |
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Visual effects |
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| Matte painter | Thomas Dyg |
| Graphic design | Barbara Sandberg |
| VFX supervisor | Peter Hjorth |
| Colourist | Lasse Marcussen |
| Online | Bjørn Munch |
| VFX supervisor | Peter Hjorth |
| Compositing | Sammy H. Larsen |
| VFX producer | Alexander Hylander |
| VFX supervisor | Alex Hansson |
| VFX artist | Frederik Nord |
| VFX artist | Ulf Lundgren |
| VFX artist | Martin Öhgren |
| VFX artist | Mikael Orbing |
| VFX artist | Richard Blank |
| VFX artist | Urban Forsberg |
| VFX artist | Timo Närhi |
| VFX coordinator | Ewa Otwinowska |
| VFX coordinator | Marta Król |
| VFX artist | Krzysztof Grygowski |
| VFX artist | Tomasz Tejchman |
| VFX artist | Wojciech Swiatkiewicz |
| VFX artist | Natasza Wróblewska |
| VFX artist | Lukasz Jablonski |
| VFX artist | Jacob Otterström |
| VFX artist | Linus Lindbalk |
| VFX artist | Hani Farran |
| VFX artist | Alexander Ternstrand |
| VFX producer | Sean Wheelan |
| VFX coordinator | Alicia Appelgren |
| Matte painter | Christian Lindholm |
| 2D visual effects | Daniel Nielsen |
| 2D visual effects | Magnus Olsson |
| 2D visual effects | Gustav Törnroth |
| VFX producer | Henning Lind Eriksen |
| VFX artist | Emil Eriksson |
| Matte painter | Pär Olofsson |
| VFX artist | Kim Fersling |
| VFX artist | Alexander Schepelern |
| VFX artist | Rickard Didriksson |
| Poster artwork | Claus Retpen |
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Stunt |
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| Stunt coordinator | Deni Jordan |
| Stunts | Henrik Eiberg |
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Other credits |
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| Animal trainer | Ota Bares |
| Animal trainer | Radim Mácha |
| Animal trainer | Petr Straka |
| Animal trainer | Petr Fulhammer |
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Appearance |
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| Elias | Mads Mikkelsen |
| Gabriel | David Dencik |
| Gregor | Nikolaj Lie Kaas |
| Franz | Søren Malling |
| Josef | Nicolas Bro |
| Far | Lars Lunøe |
| Døds Bo | Philip Møller |
| Flemming Abbott | Ole Thestrup |
| Barn | Valdemar Bemmann Bredning |
| Ellen Abbott | Bodil Jørgensen |
| Barn | Tobias Kowalczyk |
| Doktor Abbott | Kirsten Lehfeldt |
| Susan | Lisbet Dahl |
| Inger Lis | Birthe Neumann |
| Sara | Rikke Louise Andersson |
| Færgefører | Kjeld Nørgaard |
| Mia | Maj-Britt Mathiesen |
| Inger Lis | Birthe Neumann |
| Tove | Inger Lise Larsen |
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| Varia | Berlingske Tidende | Berlingske | 2016-01-16 |
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| Artikel | Berlingske Tidende | Carstensen, Ivar | 2016-01-05 |
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| Artikel | Politiken-Fonden | Benner, Torben | 2015-12-28 |
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| Anmeldelse | Børsen | Morten Durr | 2015-02-06 |
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| Anmeldelse | Ekstra Bladet | Henrik Queitsch | 2015-02-05 |
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| Interview | Berlingske Tidende | Kristian Lindberg | 2015-01-30 |
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| Artikel | Politiken-Fonden | Kim Skotte | 2014-05-14 |
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